Movie·2018·2h 10m
Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata
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Synopsis
In BenoĂźt Jacquotâs production, Manetâs Olympia dominates the stage of the OpĂ©ra Bastille. In 1863, the painting caused a scandal: the prostitute awaits her client, her expression proud, her demeanour assured. Is this Violetta? Like Olympia, Verdiâs most celebrated heroine surrenders to the spectator just as she surrenders to love, going so far as to die on stage, a womanâs ultimate sacrifice for her lover. Or might it be the spectator who strips her bare and intrudes upon her privacy, in the image of this milieu of social voyeurism? Whatever the case, these two women regard us with defiance and subjugate those who cannot help but look at them.
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